Cairns isn’t a very nice place. Yesterday was pretty awful all around– it will suffice to say that service in Australia usually isn’t quite what it is in the States, but in Cairns it suffers incredibly from temporary workers servicing backpackers. Probably a maddening experience, but still not worth being explicitly rude for no reason. I was a bit frustrated at the end of the day, so I went to see Episode 3 last night. Wonderful diversion, and possibly my 2nd favorite of the Star Wars movies after The Empire Strikes Back. It was good with the exception of a rediculous rip-off of Frankenstein and being otherwise heavy-handed with the transformation. I’ll leave it at that.
I’m in Port Douglas and my phone came today!!! No more leaving things behind. The weather is brilliant and I think I’ll go diving again tomorrow morning. I need to get unstressed again. 
This weekend I won’t be available by email at all– I’ll be sailing on a tallship in the Whitsunday islands (google Alexander Stewart Whitsunday) from Friday until Monday. Getting my phone makes everything fall into place. I’m in a really good mood.